1880 Open Championship Explained

1880 Open Championship
Dates:9 April 1880
Location:Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland
Course:Musselburgh Links
Field:30 players[1]
Purse:Not known
Winners Share:£8
Champion: Bob Ferguson
Score:162
Previous:1879
Next:1881

The 1880 Open Championship was the 20th Open Championship, held 9 April 1880 at Musselburgh Links, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Bob Ferguson won the Championship, by five strokes from runner-up Peter Paxton.

A number of players were absent because of the short notice given for the competition. Jamie Anderson, winner of the previous three Open Championships was amongst those that were missing. Good weather brought out many spectators. The Championship was played over four rounds of the nine-hole Musselburgh course.

Andrew Kirkaldy scored a hole-in-one at the eighth hole in his second round and almost repeated the feat in his third round.

After three rounds Bob Ferguson was tied for the lead with Peter Paxton with Ned Cosgrove only a shot behind. In the final round Ferguson scored 39 to Paxton's and Cosgrove's 44s to win by five strokes.

Final leaderboard

Source:[2] [3]

Friday, 9 April 1880

PlacePlayerScoreMoney
1 Bob Ferguson 40-41-42-39=162 £8
2 81-86=167
3 82-86=168
T4 86-83=169
85-84=169
90-79=169
7 85-85=170
T8 87-84=171
87-84=171
10 87-88=175

Generally scores relate to first 18 holes and second 18 holes. Individual round scores mostly not recorded.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Media guide . The Open Championship . 2011 . 152 . 28 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx . 18 April 2012 .
  2. Book: Brenner, Morgan G. . The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of the Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008 . 1 . 2009 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-3360-5.
  3. News: The Glasgow Herald . 10 April 1880 . 7 . The Champion Cup Golf Match at Musselburgh.